Glass or porcelain faced brick or block



UNITED sTATEs Ni'uumni OFFICE.

GEORGE T. MEYEBS, y0F SWISSVALE, PENNSYLVAIA,

GLASS 0R PORCELAIN FACE!) yIB'RICK OB B-LOCX.

To all inkom t mag/concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE T. Manaus, a resident of Swissvale, inthecounty of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and'useful Im rovement in Glass or Porcelain Faced Bric or Blocks, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to a building brick or block formed of anysuitable lastic material and provided with a facin o glass, china,or

' orcelain, wh'ereb the brick or block is renere'd water-proc and welladapted for outside work, and is also decorative so that it can be usedin .places where tllmg 1s. generally used. Theiobject o f the invention1s 4to provide a faced brick or block which can be cheaply made, inwhich'the facing is securely attached to the brick or block and in l orblocks.

' a manner which permits it to be attached v 20' to the block eitherwhen forming the brick .orv block, or thereafter. v

. In the accompanying drawings Figure'l is an inside face view of thefacin member, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view s owin the same applied tothe body of the bric AThe body 1 of the brick orblock may be formed ofclay,'c ement, or any'other suit'- able plastic orcementitious'materialwhich can be readily 'molded and which thereafter either setssufficiently by ordinary. drying or may be burned in the usual wayofVmaking brick. This body can `be `made of any desired shape or size. The`facing 2 is 'a molded or pressed plate formed of glass,

porcelain, china, or other similar vitreous material and of a sizesubstantially e ual to theface of the brick or block to whic `it isapplied. It may have its outer face rfectly smooth or ornamented in anydeslred way, which may be conveniently done b'ecause it is formed by anordinary pressing operation well known in the glass and porcelainindustry. f

The facing on its inner surface isv provided with a plurality of prongsor studs entering openings in the body and serving to secure the samethereto. These prongs may be variously arranged and of various forms..The drawings show a number of prongs 3 which are slightly tapered butwhich obviously can be cylindrical, if desired, and some of which areset out of the g Specication of Letters Patent. Patented Mar, 30, 1920,Penman ma February a, 1919. serial No. 214,613.

perpendicular, that is, on aslant as shown l l ing or molding theplastic or cement1tious material into' the mold against said facing.This form is particularly adaptedv for facing blocks formed of cement orsimilar material which sets sufficiently without burn- These facings canbe either ofithe exact dimensions of the face' of the brick or block, orslightly larger both widthwise and lengthwise of the block, so that themeetin edges of the adjacent facings cover an concealthe vmortar 'ointsbetween the bodies of the ,bricks .ori locks. -If desired, the` lmeeting edges of the facings may be tongued and grooved,so as to forminterlocking connections between said -facings 'lo allow for differencesin the coefficients and acing, suitable yielding material is preferablyinter osed between the prongs of .the facing and t e body. The sleeves13 of suitable elastic material surrounding the A pose.

The construction described'provides a convenient way of applying awater-proof and ornamental facing to a brick or block of any size, andin a manner to ver securely fasten said facing to the brick or block,and make the attachment much more permanent and with less liability ofbecomin loose than where ordinary tile are use for facing walls. It istherefore well adapted to outside use or other uses where the bricks orblocks are subjected to wide variations of` temperature.

Obviously, various modifications in the form and size of the parts canbe made.

I claim: r

l. A brick or block comprising a body of plastic material and a facingof vitreous material, said facing having projections extending intoopenings in the body and in- .of expansion and contraction of the bodyt.prongs willv yield and thus allow for differences in expansion andcontraction transterlocking therein, and yieldin means sursaidprojections, and yielding means suri rounding said projections andocated withrounding said projections to allowl for unein said openingsin the body to allow for exqual transverse and longitudinal expansion 10pansion and contraction.4 and contraction of said facing and said body.

2. A brick or block comprising a facing In testimony whereof, I havehereunto set having a plurality of projections thereon, my hand. j i abody of plastic material interlocking with f GEORGE T. MEYERS.

